Ben McAdoo, the first-year head coach of the New York Giants, made a brief statement and took several questions from reporters after his team practised on Wednesday. The first nine questions happened to be about the Green Bay Packers, Sunday’s opponent. McAdoo was a Packers’ assistant for eight seasons, the last two as a coach for quarterback Aaron Rodgers.

The silent protest Colin Kaepernick started over a month ago has grown into a full movement. On Sunday, Washington’s star wide receiver DeSean Jackson became the latest athlete to make a statement about police killings. He risks a fine from the NFL and perhaps more signifiant punishment by wearing special shoes painted with yellow caution tape for the team’s home game against Cleveland.

Pitchside pyrotechnics, pillars of popcorn and a mascot descending from the roof on a zip line. The National Football League celebrated a decade of regular-season games at Wembley as only it knows how. There was even a first win of this season for London’s ‘home’ team, the Jacksonville Jaguars, who survived a wild fourth-quarter rally to beat the Indianapolis Colts 30-27.

The Dallas Cowboys were left for dead when Tony Romo went down in the preseason. They already had so many holes, especially on their defense, that the thought of giving the team to a rookie quarterback seemed disastrous. How would Dallas survive with Dak Prescott as their leader?

New York Giants president John Mara defended the team’s decision to re-sign Josh Brown despite the kicker’s alleged history of domestic violence and 2015 arrest following an incident with his then-wife.

New York Jets head coach Todd Bowles decided to drop Ryan Fitzpatrick from his starting role after Monday night’s defeat by the Colts. Unfortunately, Bowles forget to tell his now-benched quarterback before he announced it to the media.

Thomas Davis leaped and reached for the ball. He was upended by Derrick Coleman, but held on to the ball as he hit the ground. It was an odd way to clinch the game after leading 31-0 at half-time, but it doesn’t really matter for the Carolina Panthers.

My first job out of college, before I became an international man of sports takes, was for a public relations firm. I instantly hated the industry, and because my heart was not in it, I was not all that good at the job. But I did the job. I showed up to work and for meetings on time. I didn’t leave early. I dressed professionally. I met deadlines and didn’t make egregious typos or mistakes. I didn’t cause conflicts with my coworkers or microwave leftover fish in the break room.